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Shashi Deshpande
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In Sanskrit plays, paradise is always lost, but the attempt to regain it never ends
Why would anyone read Sanskrit literature today? Writer Shashi Deshpande explores how we read these ancient plays now.
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Pilgrims and a glimmer of hope: Why the Bharat Jodo Yatra excites the writer in Shashi Deshpande
‘This yatra has neither a god nor a shrine at the end of it.’
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What is ‘medical feminism’ and how does it affect the lives of women in the US and India?
Author Shashi Deshpande dissects the growing opposition to women’s selfhood.
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Trending
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Uttarakhand restricts sale of land for agriculture as locals protest tourism infrastructure boom
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Expelled BJP Minority Morcha leader Usman Ghani arrested in Rajasthan
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Canada: Amid anti-immigration rhetoric, curbing international students is a knee-jerk reaction
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Women’s Prize for Fiction: A reader’s guide to the six books on the 2024 shortlist
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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Was writer F Scott Fitzgerald an early appropriator – of his wife Zelda’s story ideas?
Scott’s argument that he owned his wife Zelda’s mind, her creativity, as well as her life and their life together, is hard to accept.
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Novelist Shashi Deshpande on how to read (or rather, how not to read) the writing of women
‘Can we continue to regard women writers as a separate species?’
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Why have we lost the spirit of questioning handed down by the Vedas, the Upanishads, the epics?
How can we, superstition-ridden, and unable or refusing to think for ourselves, be the descendants of the writers of these works, asks novelist Shashi Deshpande
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Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Things are stacked against women’s writing. Can a new prize for women writers really change things?
Novelist Shashi Deshpande fears the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction will not add dignity and prestige to women’s writing overnight.
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‘Lady Susan’: Novelist Shashi Deshpande on Jane Austen’s novel of the femme fatale (and her oeuvre)
Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775, and died on July 18, 1817.
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Hathras gangrape is a reminder that no party really cares about women or Dalits
Each case of rape seems to bring out a different kind of cruelty that lies latent within us.
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The Reel
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Aditi Rao Hydari on playing diverse characters: ‘I want the audience to take me home with them’
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The story of India’s unique ‘Milk Revolution’ is going to the Cannes Film Festival
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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‘Late Night with the Devil’ review: A deft satire on the price of success
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‘Write about what is happening to the world? I can’t’: Shashi Deshpande on the coronavirus
‘Sometimes I wonder what it will be like, a world without the old.’
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On International Women’s Day, a reminder of what women really want
As women across India come out to protest the Citizenship Amendment Act, have we reached a turning point?
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Citizenship Amendment Act protests across the country are reviving old heroes and forgotten ideals
The student-led movement has given us some painful images, but also some powerful ones.
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The Field
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IPL 2024: Sanju Samson and Dhruv Jurel earn Rajasthan Royals easy win over Lucknow Super Giants
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Badminton, Thomas and Uber Cup 2024: Indian men beat Thailand in campaign opener; women beat Canada
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IPL 2024: Jake Fraser-McGurk’s whirlwind knock powers Delhi Capitals to win over Mumbai Indians
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Athletics, Asian U20 C’ships: Harshit Kumar wins hammer throw gold as India’s medal tally increases
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Archery, World Cup Shanghai: Indian compound archers sweep all three team event gold medals